Benjamin Netanyahu, who has previously ruled out a cease-fire, said Thursday: “We are advancing … Nothing will stop us.”
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of intentional violence and fear to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants.
“Egypt has reaffirmed, and is reiterating, its vehement rejection of the forced displacement of the Palestinians and their transfer to Egyptian lands in Sinai,” Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi told attendees of the Cairo peace summit on Oct. 21, noting that such an outcome “will mark the last gasp in the liquidation of the Palestinian cause.
This is for everyone asking why Egypt won't open their border. It's no mystery that Israel is in the midst of squeezing Gaza out like a tube of toothpaste and anyone with a half functioning brain can see that. The continuous and erratic placement of bombings is to sow terror and confusion. The refusal to let relief or the most basic human necessities in applies pressure, defeats morale and weakens the ability to physically resist. It's so patently obvious that I'm starting to think it's defenders are the first people to get Elon Musks brain slave chip.
Eh, would you and me have gone further? Sure. But she didn't have to say anything and she instead did put her career on the line by saying anything. All those things she said right there are valid criticisms. She even goes as far to mention collective punishment (war crime). This whole second half of her statement reads like "stop" while clearly also not trying to be labeled an antisemite. Is she walking a line, sure, but she also didn't have to say shit and she certainly didn't have to say this.
she cannot condone "the innocent lives lost in bombing a civilian population in Gaza that has nowhere to go."
"No access to food and water, possibility of evacuation, and not even the basic human right to cross a border to seek refuge," she continued.
"The few aid trucks that are entering are a fraction of what is needed, and the bombings are causing desperate new humanitarian needs daily," she said.
"The denial of aid, fuel and water is collectively punishing a people."
Any sort of ceasefire or halt in the bombing campaign to allow for the stabilization of the civilian population and to give them time to find safer ground seems like the universal first step. The major criticism here is largely the civilian death toll, collective punishment by denying the basic fundamentals to sustain human life, and the inconsistent messaging that's leading to more civilian deaths. Putting those lives over short term victory goals seems the smarter move for a lasting peace.
That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
They're joining and becoming 6 flags, which feels like it is a major loss.